Hi People, OS X 10.8.5 While Apple continues to move toward the upcoming debut of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the company has quietly pushed out OS X Mountain Lion Update 10.8.5 with a handful of stability and performance fixes.
The free update is available via the Mac App Store, with delta (273.72 MB — from 10.8.4) and combo (831.13 MB — from any previous version of 10.8) updaters ready for download from Apple’s Web site. <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1676> I have installed the “OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo)” and have not experienced any problems. Install takes approx 20mins, and you might notice after install the computer restarts and takes a few minutes for the Desktop, Dock & Menu Bar to appear. Also Spotlight might start Re-Indexing. As always: Install OS X Updates correctly: DONʼT FORGET: Backup your system BEFORE installing the Combo Update (or Update). Repair Permissions before and after installing the Combo Update (or Update). Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences Unmount & Disconnect any External USB & Firewire Drives / Time Machine Install the Combo Update (or Update) Run Software Update after installing the Updates Repair Permissions Connect your Backup Drive Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and Turn Time Machine ON Let Time Machine complete a backup. ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. As I have said numerous times on WAMUG List “Do Not Upgrade if anything is amiss with your system”. As is the case with all updates, if thereʼs anything at all amiss with your system before the update, the update is likely to expose them. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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